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[ZEITGEIST] The Continuing Adventures of Korrigan & Co.
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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6034834" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 52</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">Their road blocked by Lord Peppick and Ashbark, the unit were forced to take a more circuitous route. Leon had to use the Fey Roads ritual under duress - harassed and pursued by death butterfly swarms.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">Perhaps it was for this reason that, when the group emerged at the end of a day's travel, Dantes had somehow disappeared.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">They waited for him, called and searched, but to no avail.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">The woods they passed through were very eerie. Rusty chain links and mummified body parts occasionally dropped from the canopy.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">A pair of exhibitionist pixies could be seen kissing, giggling and petting in the trees.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">The group heard whispered voices in the trees, and were attacked by Aribella, the Lady Clatterspin and her ettercap brethren.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">They slew the lady and chased off her minions, and Uru claimed her title, according to fey law.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">Some time later, the group came to another river crossing.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">Here, they were set upon by a Nixie and her sisters, accompanied by a brutish merrow.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">Lured into the water by the songs of the sisters, things became desperate for the group.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">Before any parley could be entered into, a shot from Matunaaga felled one of the sisters.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">This so enraged the eldest that she unleashed the full force of the river, causing the unit to fall back.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">The disembodied voice of the river pursued the group: "Justice will be sought at the court of the River King."</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Gray">Only now, both river crossings were blocked, and Leon was at a loss how to proceed, as the fey road required them to cross by one of those two points...</span> </li> </ul><p>Nothing but fights this week, but difficult fights, only one of which the unit managed to win. It was my intention to demonstrate how hostile and dangerous the Dreaming can be. They have really had quite a hard time since they went there.</p><p></p><p>The next session will (hopefully) be dominated by roleplaying as the unit finally reach the court of the River King and seek audience with him. </p><p></p><p>I've tried to link the buffer adventure with the central threads of Zeitgeist by having the River King in failing health as a result of the pollution of the Rivers around Flint. The Vekeshi are working behind the scenes to dissuade him from backing an incursion into the 'real world', which would break all manner of treaties with Risur.</p><p></p><p>Uru is now a minor dignitary of the Unseen Court, according to esoteric fey law. Not sure how I'll have that play out. The <em>regalia of the creeping fey </em>is an item included in the module which could have far more resonance in Zeitgeist than in a regular campaign.</p><p></p><p> @<u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=63" target="_blank">RangerWickett</a></u> - there's a dragon in the module. Could it have been hiding in the Dreaming all this while, keeping its scaly head down, or should I replace it with something else? Does its inclusion spoil anything major? (I have a cool way of connecting it to other buffer adventures, but a lack of dragons is an interesting element of the Zeitgeist world.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6034834, member: 79141"] [b]Session 52[/b] [LIST] [*][COLOR=Gray]Their road blocked by Lord Peppick and Ashbark, the unit were forced to take a more circuitous route. Leon had to use the Fey Roads ritual under duress - harassed and pursued by death butterfly swarms.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]Perhaps it was for this reason that, when the group emerged at the end of a day's travel, Dantes had somehow disappeared.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]They waited for him, called and searched, but to no avail.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]The woods they passed through were very eerie. Rusty chain links and mummified body parts occasionally dropped from the canopy.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]A pair of exhibitionist pixies could be seen kissing, giggling and petting in the trees.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]The group heard whispered voices in the trees, and were attacked by Aribella, the Lady Clatterspin and her ettercap brethren.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]They slew the lady and chased off her minions, and Uru claimed her title, according to fey law.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]Some time later, the group came to another river crossing.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]Here, they were set upon by a Nixie and her sisters, accompanied by a brutish merrow.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]Lured into the water by the songs of the sisters, things became desperate for the group.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]Before any parley could be entered into, a shot from Matunaaga felled one of the sisters.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]This so enraged the eldest that she unleashed the full force of the river, causing the unit to fall back.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]The disembodied voice of the river pursued the group: "Justice will be sought at the court of the River King."[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=Gray]Only now, both river crossings were blocked, and Leon was at a loss how to proceed, as the fey road required them to cross by one of those two points...[/COLOR] [/LIST] Nothing but fights this week, but difficult fights, only one of which the unit managed to win. It was my intention to demonstrate how hostile and dangerous the Dreaming can be. They have really had quite a hard time since they went there. The next session will (hopefully) be dominated by roleplaying as the unit finally reach the court of the River King and seek audience with him. I've tried to link the buffer adventure with the central threads of Zeitgeist by having the River King in failing health as a result of the pollution of the Rivers around Flint. The Vekeshi are working behind the scenes to dissuade him from backing an incursion into the 'real world', which would break all manner of treaties with Risur. Uru is now a minor dignitary of the Unseen Court, according to esoteric fey law. Not sure how I'll have that play out. The [I]regalia of the creeping fey [/I]is an item included in the module which could have far more resonance in Zeitgeist than in a regular campaign. @[U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=63"]RangerWickett[/URL][/U] - there's a dragon in the module. Could it have been hiding in the Dreaming all this while, keeping its scaly head down, or should I replace it with something else? Does its inclusion spoil anything major? (I have a cool way of connecting it to other buffer adventures, but a lack of dragons is an interesting element of the Zeitgeist world.) [/QUOTE]
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